Pesticide training-Grandfather Rights –Knapsack Sprayer*

Overview

Anyone who uses Pesticides (approved for use in Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry) in the course of their job is legally required to have a Certificate of Competence in the Safe Use of Pesticides.

In order to achieve the certificate, training is recommended. This training can be obtained via one of two routes:

Route 2 only allows you to use pesticide on your own land. This training and assessment requires you to be able to read and understand a pesticide product label and to carry out some calculations. An alternative to this training and assessment would be to get someone with a Certificate of Competence in the Safe Use of Pesticides to apply pesticide for you or have another family member trained to get the Certificate.

Who is the training for?

Anyone who uses Pesticides (approved for use in Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry) in the course of their job.

Course Content

Units 051 and 052 cover the same areas as PA1 and PA6A over one day.

Course Assessment

Units 051 and 052 are assessed together in a similar manner to PA6A over 3 Hours.